“I want to say that further you are not a great chief of this country. That you have no following, no power, no control." Logan continued, "You are on an Indian reservation merely at the sufferance of the government. You… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
“I heard him call to the people not to be afraid, that the soldiers would not hurt them; then the troops opened fire from… — Dee Brown Copy Share
Treat all men alike… give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might as well… — Dee Brown Copy Share
“I want to say that further you are not a great chief of this country. That you have no following, no power, no control."… — Dee Brown Copy Share
“The damage and invisible scars of emotional abuse are very difficult to heal, because memories are imprinted on our minds and hearts and it takes time… — Dee Brown Copy Share
The white people were as thick and numerous and aimless as grasshoppers, moving always in a hurry but never seeming to get to whatever… — Dee Brown Copy Share
“I shall not be there. I shall rise and pass. Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. —STEPHEN VINCENT BENET” — Dee Brown Copy Share
“It is too often the case,” Crook said, “that border newspapers … disseminate all sorts of exaggerations and falsehoods about the Indians, which are… — Dee Brown Copy Share
“Before these laws could be put into effect, a new wave of white settlers swept westward and formed the territories of Wisconsin and Iowa.… — Dee Brown Copy Share
“mainland of America, the Wampanoags of Massasoit and King Philip had vanished, along with the Chesapeakes, the Chickahominys, and the Potomacs of the great… — Dee Brown Copy Share
To the Indians it seemed that these Europeans hated everything in nature - the living forests and their birds and beasts, the grassy grades,… — Dee Brown Copy Share
“Not all of Anthony’s officers, however, were eager or even willing to join Chivington’s well-planned massacre. Captain Silas Soule, Lieutenant Joseph Cramer, and Lieutenant… — Dee Brown Copy Share
Whose voice was first sounded on this land? The voice of the red people who had but bows and arrows. . . .What has… — Dee Brown Copy Share
You just don't give up. There have been times when everything seemed to conspire against getting a book done or printed, and I would… — Dee Brown Copy Share
